Nonequilibrium positive column revisited

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 572-586

  Alves, Luís L ^a   Gousset, Gérard ^b   Vallée, Stéphanie ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

DC positive column; Fluid modeling; Helium; Nonlocal regime

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HELIUM; POISSON EQUATION;

GAS DISCHARGES;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0041927885     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.815484     Document Type: Article

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